THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Episode got leaked online again.

Got to see more Beast Titan action destroying the troops with his epic throwing skills. Eren and his own group went after the Colossal Titan and oh boy, he's pissed. There's still some flashbacks reflecting when some soldiers made their vows to fight for humanity.

Heh that ending....Beast Titan is not messing around. Poor Erwin, he just got smashed hard D:

Easily 5/5 without discussions
Still waiting for the official version nd i cant wait
Thx WIT for just giving us all the emotions that were on fire in the manga.. (even though the colossal looked so bad) it still was a very breathtaking episode.. arigatou
And.. the colossal was 2d in the important close ups.. so it pass

Damn, this was crazy. I'd already been spoiled but Rip Erwin. Followed the dialog with my manga volumes so I understood things. Colossal titan destroyed everyone, especially eren! Can't wait to see more.

I'm no special story or anything. I'm just a manga that wants to be read, like you could find anywhere. But, if, for argument's sake, you were to adapt me into an anime series, it would certainly be....a tragedy.

Everything outside of the walls was perfection. I cried when Erwin made his speech.
Inside the wall, well... 80% of those cgi Colossal Titan shots need to be fixed for the BD. I liked the cgi in the previous episode but as this episode went along the cgi just started melting.

tzarye14 said:Everything outside of the walls was perfection. I cried when Erwin made his speech.
Inside the wall, well... 80% of those cgi Colossal Titan shots need to be fixed for the BD. I liked the cgi in the previous episode but as this episode went along the cgi just started melting.

Not wrong but you gotta admit the 2D shots of the colossal were pretty rad. It was unexpected to see that much of him in 2D for me.

I waited years for Erwins sacrificial speech. Glad that it wasn't a let down. This and the first episode are the best ones so far. Next week will be huge. I heard that all of the top tier animators will be on that episode. Also seeing 2D Colossal is just so refreshing and beautiful.

Man if they fuck up the next episode I'm dropping this anime and sticking with the manga.
But if they don't fuck it up, the next episode should pretty much secure this season's MAL ranking in the top 20s.

Damm that was one accurate throw from the beast titan there. And a damm devastating one as well. The teams method of distraction in order to give Mikasa the opening sure was amusing. Dreams and reality usually don't mesh well but being caught in such a trap sure made it even more real for the trapped scouts. The scene where Erwin lamented how close and yet so far the key was pretty impressive. The fact that the faces of all the scouts that died to get them to this point served well to reinforce this fact. The cav charge while certainly a suicidal move showed well the determination of the scouts. Levi's charge using the titans as stepping stones sure was awesome. Erwin's speech though while certainly a very blunt one was also a very powerful and inspirational one as well. Combined with the charge the shock value sure was immense. Though this charge will fail the sheer bravery of the scouts sure was something. Once again an excellent ep that blended not just excellent combat with the shock value of being trapped by the titans. Really appreciating the calm ending theme now after this ep.

tzarye14 said:Everything outside of the walls was perfection. I cried when Erwin made his speech.
Inside the wall, well... 80% of those cgi Colossal Titan shots need to be fixed for the BD. I liked the cgi in the previous episode but as this episode went along the cgi just started melting.

Personally, I thought the CGI was okay/great depending on the scenes; I didn't really think they should go back and change an entire moment (unless they felt like it with more time and money). This is probably due to me seeing a good number of obvious CGI in other anime to the point where it is not horrendous when it showed up.

I have no clue how they're gonna take down the colossal titan, I'm interested in what they could come up with.

Erwin with the spine chilling speeches as usual, just so great.
It'll be a shame to see Erwin die if he actually does die since he's a great character, the end of the episode shows him getting hit but let's see if this is truly the end for him. :(

Truly awesome episode. The speech, music... that was epic. 5/5 and probably best AoT ep of all seasons.
I just regret that I started watching it while it's still airing. Waiting whole week now is real pian QQ

My goodness, i can't even describe this episode with words, it's beyond amazing really!!! The direction was out of this world, the cgi intergrated with 2d scenes were beautiful. The drawings were gorgeous combined with beautiful character acting animation. Not to mention the voice acting(especially Erwin's VA) was superb to make the character animation more enhanced.
I've never felt despair watching anime for a long time until now, those poor scouts getting hit by boulders were painful to watch :(
Squad Levi vs Bertholdt was very well done also.

omg as a manga reader, I was already crying when Levi and Erwin were having their private conversation because I knew what was going to happen. I think it hurt more seeing it animated. I'm going to miss Erwin so much. WIT studio really did him justice in his last moments.

GoldenDevilGamer said:I thought the directing in the last couple of episodes have been a bit inconsistent, but this one nailed it. Even as a manga reader, I'm still sweating in anticipation.

I feel exactly the same way. It really helps that Erwin's voice actor really transmitted the rage and frustration his character is feeling.

nekoeren said:omg as a manga reader, I was already crying when Levi and Erwin were having their private conversation because I knew what was going to happen. I think it hurt more seeing it animated. I'm going to miss Erwin so much. WIT studio really did him justice in his last moments.

Oh my ffff that was so good. The entire thing with Erwin was just perfection. I feel so damn bad for him. There's no way he makes it to the basement at this rate. Like fucking hell man that speech... Literally everyone is gonna die expect Levi and maybe all of Eren's friends. I guess there's some hope for Hange as well. Levi better get this kill man.

No idea what they are gonna do inside the walls. I guess Armin will come up with something.